Microsoft gave some details about the single chip hardware solution inside the Xbox One console on Tuesday, but the company didn't mention who helped them design the chip. Indeed, none of Microsoft's official press releases on the Xbox One offer that information.

As we reported on Tuesday, the Xbox One has an eight core CPU along with a GPU that handles 768 operations per cycle. The single chip solution also includes the console's 8 GB of memory and its audio processors, among other things.

An AMD processor solution is also the basis for Sony's upcoming PlayStation 4 console, and just like the Xbox One, the PS4's chip has eight cores inside and 8 GB of on-board memory. Nintendo's current Wii U has an older version of an AMD Radeon graphics processor inside, but its main CPU is based on an IBM PowerPC design.